Overview

Energy focuses on materials that can help to achieve reliable, affordable, clean energy and to help reduce the consumption of energy worldwide. This includes engineering biology-enabled materials that can capture, store, convert, or produce energy, including thermal, kinetic, or electrical energy (details can also be found in the technical Breakthrough Capability: Utilize biology to enable chemical, thermal, kinetic, and electrical storage and release from materials). Energy also considers the application of transistors and semiconductors enabled by engineered biology.

Societal Challenges

• Produce affordable and clean energy.

• Reduce global energy consumption.